I don't know if this qualifies, but I have a little metal blade that's screwed on the back stay, like a finger shape. The boom end has a short loop of line. Hook it on the finger and put the sail up. Jazz On May 18, 2016 10:46 PM, "Ron McNeil via montgomery_boats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
John, I suggest #3 but suggest a clip on the end so you can remove it from the boom after raising your sail. You also don't need a block or cleat unless you want to quickly adjust the height while the sail is down. I have mine permanently attached to the top of the mast. On the end that attaches to the boom I have a simple Block with a V-Jam cleat so I can adjust the height. That's attached to a clip which attaches to the boom. While sailing I take it off the boom and clip it on the foot of the mast.
Regards, Ron McNeil Jackpot/M17/#675
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On May 18, 2016, at 9:41 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Thanks all for the rapid response on the topping lift question.
BTW re Dave's setup (thanks for thorough directions and picture as well!), clamcleat now makes a whole line of cleats specifically for inline use - no need to drill out the holes on a standard surface mount one: http://www.clamcleat.com/cleats/cleats.asp?menuid=9
I will ponder the boomkicker...but right now that $135 probably needs to go to higher priority item$ and I'll likely go with option 3 for the time being, either Dave-style with a one-hand inline clamcleat or with a cleat on the boom.
thanks again, John S.
On 05/18/2016 05:12 PM, George Iemmolo wrote: I use method #1 and lead the topping lift to the cockpit on the Port side so as to to make it as easy as possible to manage.
By the way I use a Boomkicker also. I am a belt a suspender kind of guy
George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Keith R. Martin < keith.richard.martin@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi John,
I prefer #3, which is how Serenity was rigged when I got her... The only change I made was to move the cleat on the boom forward to about 2/3 of the way towards the mast. Even with the out-haul and the reefing lines I felt there was enough room to do a tidy job....
Keith
*Keith R. Martin, P.Eng.*
*Burnaby, B.C. CanadaSerenity,** M17 Hull #353*
On 18 May 2016 at 15:19, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm going to put a topping lift on Pajarita. I have various examples to go by I've seen on other boats, and, if anyone here has added a topping lift, my basic question is what's your experience of the simplest easiest to use approach.
The first two are just a matter of which hardware up top - in both cases it's the standard line up the mast and then down to end of boom:
1) cheek block on side of mast at top, or... 2) eye strap with hanging block on side of mast at top
Or, a different approach:
3) line fast at top of mast and adjust with cleat on boom.
Of 1 and 2, I imagine the cheek block is quieter and simpler but maybe there's advantages to the swivel/swing available with the block hung from eye strap?
Then, 3 seems overall simpler and can be put on/off and adjusted while in the cockpit. But also it adds another line and cleat on the boom, and I don't want to add too much complication there because of existing reefing & outhaul lines & cleats.
cheers, John S.
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